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Vernon Lee was the pseudonym of the French-born British writer Violet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935). She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics.
"A Wicked Voice" by Vernon Lee recounts the tale of a 19th-century composer named Magnus. He is in Venice to compose music for his opera, Ogier the Dane.In Venice, however, his inspiration weakens "in the stagnant lagoon of the past," as the culture and history of Venice confuse his musical ideals: "It was as if there arose out of its shallow waters a miasma of long-dead melodies, which ...
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Il Palmerino lies in the valley of the Affrico [] (a right tributary of the Arno) in Settignano, in the hills below Fiesole, to the north-east of the city of Florence.. The first documented owner was the fifteenth-century Florentine goldsmith Ottaviano d'Antonio di Duccio, the brother of Agostino di Duccio (who is incorrectly described by Giorgio Vasari as brother to Luca Della Robbia).
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Vernon Cooray, Sri Lankan Sinhala electrical engineer and professor; Vernon Corea (1927–2002), Sri Lankan radio broadcaster; Vernon Davis (born 1984), American football player; Vernon Dean (born 1959), American former professional football player; Vernon Lee Evans (born 1949), American contract killer; Vernon Forrest (1971–2009), American boxer